Search results
The Unusual Evolutionary Journey of the Baobab Tree
New York Times· 1 hour agoNew research shows the “upside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then caught a ride on ocean currents to reach mainland Africa and Australia....
Chimps continue learning tool use even as adults, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOther recent studies have focused specifically on chimpanzee intelligence. In a study published for...
All Human Existence May Have Begun in a Black Hole, Some Scientists Believe
Popular Mechanics· 5 days agoHave you ever wondered why our universe is made up of something rather than nothing? This is called...
The Abuses of Prehistory
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn On the Origin of Species (1859), he suggested that humans emerged from processes that unfolded over millions of years. The belief in deep time was...
Fact Check: Photo Apparently Shows 2 Goats Scaling Brick Wall. Here's What We Found
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoD.J. Schubert, a senior scientist in wildlife biology at the Animal Welfare Institute, said the...
New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai
Newswise· 6 days agoResearchers have unearthed a collection of fossilised bovids, revealing the presence of previously unknown species that once roamed these ancient...
What’s Ailing Prestige TV?
The Nation· 7 hours agoThe United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, in conjunction with a shadowy intelligence agency, deploys advanced nanofiber technology, created by idealistic ...
Why evolution often favors small animals and other organisms
Phys.org· 5 days agoThe first evidence of single-cell organisms dates from around 3.8 billion years ago, soon after the...
Archaeoraptor: The Dinosaur-Bird “Missing Link” And One Of Science's Greatest Hoaxes
IFLScience· 5 days agoHeralded as the “missing evolutionary link” that proved modern-day birds evolved from feathered...
The First Turtle Organoids
The Scientist· 2 days agoIn the dark, frigid months of winter, painted turtle hatchlings hunker down in shallow, icy nests where they enter a state of suspended animation.1 Their hearts stop beating; their metabolisms ...
